Oregon: Lyme Disease and Tick Surveillance

Lyme Disease, 2005 State of Oregon Selected Reportable Communicable Disease Summary, Oregon Health Services

In 1997–1998, a tick identification and Borrelia isolation study was conducted by the CDC and the Oregon Department of Human Services in Deschutes, Josephine and Jackson Counties. No ticks from Deschutes County were identified as carrying Borrelia in this study. The organism was isolated in 3% of Ixodes pacificus ticks tested.

During 2005, 24 cases were reported in Oregon.